London Progressive Journal - Hay Festival Raises More Questions Than Answers

Located in remote, tranquil countryside, near the border of England andWales, Hay-on-Wye is a small town famous for its bookshops. Yet thisdiscrete and inconspicuous place delivered a telling message to allthose who travelled to its annual literary festival: uncontrolledcommercialisation, privatisation, deregulation and greed have resultedin global inequality, unhappiness and a media that can no longer tellthe truth.